Year: 2018
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Return to Brenzett
Our Director Mark Lehain has written this trip report… Last week I had the pleasure of a second visit to Brenzett Primary School. In the middle of Romney Marsh,…
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Developing a Team Culture in Schools
The author Michaela Khatib is an original proposer and Executive Head of Cobham Free School, an all-through establishment, which opened in wave 2 of the government programme in 2012. The…
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Primary languages: the problem and the way forward
Ian Bauckham has written this excellent blog for us… I was asked recently to contribute to a conference about the future of modern foreign languages in primary schools in England.It…
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The Joy of Flex: recruiting and retaining teachers for the future
Michelle Thomason (@mikithomason) has written this excellent blog for us… Not many professions have more qualified people outside of it than working within it.Sadly, the teaching profession appears to be…
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Return to Queen Elizabeth’s Academy
I first visited Queen Elizabeth Academy earlier in the year, and left inspired by Helen Brothwell and her team. I’ve enjoyed following the school’s journey since then, regularly checking in by email to see how…
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A plea for politeness
Back in March I wrote on this site about school shaming, and sadly it is a topic that I feel the need to return to again now. I was recently interviewed…
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Curriculum, critical theory and conversation: Why the right don’t need to dominate the discussion
Aurora Reid (@MsReidRE on Twitter) has written this wonderful blog for us… The following is adapted from a talk that I did at the New Voices conference on the 13th October 2018.…
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Open Letter Regarding Exclusions
The issue of exclusions in schools is important and rightly up for discussion, but some recent coverage has been misinformed, misguided and unhelpful to the causes of safety and standards…
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My Experience of Smartphones in Schools
Luke St Clair, who has recently been with us on work experience, shares his thoughts and experiences on the debate around smartphones in schools: Many people in the education sector…
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